Carbon Lean Facades
With net zero and carbon neutral mandates on the near horizon, New York City has pushed the green building envelope by leveraging incentive-based pro…
With net zero and carbon neutral mandates on the near horizon, New York City has pushed the green building envelope by leveraging incentive-based pro…
The pathway to carbon-neutrality, as urged during the COP 21 in Paris, and the repeated goal for resilient buildings and urban habitats, winds right …
3.5 billion years ago, cyanobacteria created the foundation for life on Earth by producing the oxygen basis for our atmosphere. Should we once again …
In the last few years, the design community has embraced the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in buildings. Several tools are now available for …
The historical focus on reducing the carbon footprint of a building has recently shifted to include more emphasis on embodied carbon, the carbon emit…
The building envelope is at the intersection of embodied and operational emissions. Curtain wall specifically could play an important role in reducin…
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is critical to limiting global temperature rise to less than 1.5⁰C. Construction and build…
Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate chang…
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the impact of building construction supply chains on the environment in terms of measur…
In order to get to a carbon neutral building stock – which is e.g. required by the EU Carbon roadmap by 2050 – our efforts need to be smart and holis…
Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been mos…
Silicone materials have a long history in high performance building projects. Known for durability, they can reduce a building’s carbon footprint by …
The construction industry is one of the greatest sources of pollution, where 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions are attributed to building…
As architects and designers we understand the urgency of addressing the building sector’s role in the ongoing environmental crisis. Architecture2030 …
Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope solutions.…
Transposing innovation from government funded research to commercially viable solutions becomes ever more important when combined with the urgent nee…
Building envelopes are not only an immediately visible part of the building, they have also become a major factor both for cost and performance of th…
Designing a sustainable rainscreen wall assembly has become an essential part of most new construction projects. Industry principles and energy codes…
The transformation of a dark and inhumane 1970s tilt-up concrete office building into a high performance, light-filled modern workplace was enabled b…
In recent decades, there has been increased attention to reduce the operational energy performance of buildings. Stringent legislation on building en…